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Ten Commandments Monument
Ten Commandments Monument may refer to: Africa * Ten Commandments Monument, Dwoi, Plateau State, Nigeria North America * Ten Commandments Monument (Austin, Texas) * Ten Commandments Monument (Little Rock, Arkansas) * Ten Commandments Monument (Oklahoma City) * Ten Commandments Monument, Tuskahoma, Oklahoma, located at the Choctaw Capitol Building * Ten Commandments Memorial, Phoenix, Arizona, located in Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza * Ten Commandments Monument, Pleasant Grove, Utah, implicated in '' Pleasant Grove City v. Summum'' * Ten Commandments Monument, removed from the rotunda of the Alabama Judicial Building, per '' Glassroth v. Moore'' * Ten Commandments Monument, removed from the grounds of Bloomfield, New Mexico city hall * Ten Commandments Monument, removed from the grounds of Haskell County, Oklahoma courthouse, per ''Green v. Haskell County Board of Commissioners ''Green v. Haskell County Board of Commissioners'', 568 F.3d 784 (10th Cir. 2009), was a First Amen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ten Commandments Monument (Nigeria)
The Ten Commandments Monument is installed on the New Jerusalem compound, in Dwoi (also spelled Doi), Jos South, Plateau State, Nigeria. It was erected before 2017 but formally dedicated in December 2021, with an altar and an open-air amphitheater with a capacity for 5,800 people. Senator and former Plateau State governor Jonah Jang funded its construction through the Yeshua Kingdom Foundation International. Its dedication was attended by former president of Nigeria Goodluck Jonathan. This ceremony created tensions within the Plateau State government. Concerts have been hosted at the monument, for instance the "One More Soul" concert organized in April 2023 with Northern Nigeria gospel artists such as Panam Percy Paul and Jeremiah Gyang. In June 2023, Nigerian rapper Vector released the song "Why Me", with a video clip shot at the Ten Commandments Monument. The monument is 25 ft. high and is the largest among existing Ten Commandments Monuments in Africa. The facility is manage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plateau State
Plateau is a northern states of Nigeria, Nigerian state. It is located in the north-central geopolitical zone of Nigeria and includes a range of hills surrounding the Jos Plateau. Plateau State is described as "The Home of Peace and Tourism". The state has a population of around 4.7 million people. Its capital city is Jos. Geography Boundaries Plateau State is located in the north-central zone out of the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria. With an area of , the state has an estimated population of about three million people. It is located between latitude 8°24' N and 10°30' N and longitude 8°32' E and 10°38' E. The state is named after the Jos Plateau, a mountainous area in the north of the state with rock formations. Bare rocks are scattered across the grasslands, which cover the plateau. The altitude ranges from around to a peak of above sea level in the Shere Hills range near Jos. Years of tin and columbite mining have left the area strewn with deep gorges and lakes. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigeria
Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of . With Demographics of Nigeria, a population of more than 230 million, it is the List of African countries by population, most populous country in Africa, and the List of countries and dependencies by population, world's sixth-most populous country. Nigeria borders Niger in Niger–Nigeria border, the north, Chad in Chad–Nigeria border, the northeast, Cameroon in Cameroon–Nigeria border, the east, and Benin in Benin–Nigeria border, the west. Nigeria is a Federation, federal republic comprising 36 States of Nigeria, states and the Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria, Federal Capital Territory, where its capital, Abuja, is located. The List of Nigerian cities by population, largest city in Nigeria by population is Lagos, one of the largest List of largest cities, metr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ten Commandments Monument (Austin, Texas)
The Ten Commandments Monument is installed on the Texas State Capitol grounds (behind the Capitol building) in Austin, Texas, United States. The Texas Sunset Red Granite artwork was designed by an unknown artist and erected by the Fraternal Order of Eagles of Texas in 1961. It was the subject of litigation in the Supreme Court case '' Van Orden v. Perry'' (2005). See also * 1961 in art * Ten Commandments Monument (Little Rock, Arkansas) * Ten Commandments Monument (Oklahoma City) The Ten Commandments Monument, authorized by the Oklahoma legislature and approved by the governor in 2009, was installed on the grounds of the Oklahoma State Capitol, in Oklahoma City, in 2012. The mere concept engendered years of political con ... References External links * 1961 establishments in Texas 1961 sculptures Granite sculptures in Texas Monuments and memorials in Texas Outdoor sculptures in Austin, Texas Ten Commandments Fraternal Order of Eagles {{Texas-sculpture-s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ten Commandments Monument (Little Rock, Arkansas)
The Ten Commandments Monument is an outdoor monument installed on the Arkansas State Capitol grounds in Little Rock, Arkansas, in the United States. The monument is being challenged as unconstitutional by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). The ACLU says that the monument demonstrates a religious preference, violating the First Amendment and the religious preference prohibition clause of the Arkansas State Constitution. Initial installation The monument was erected on the Arkansas State Capitol grounds on 27 June 2017, then destroyed within 24 hours of its installation. The Freedom From Religion Foundation, which had criticized the erection of the Arkansas monument on public government property, also criticized the illegal destruction of the monument. In a news release, FFRF stated: "FFRF does not condone violating the Constitution by erecting a Ten Commandments monument on the Arkansas Capitol grounds. Nor do we condone breaking the law to remove such a display." Repl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ten Commandments Monument (Oklahoma City)
The Ten Commandments Monument, authorized by the Oklahoma legislature and approved by the governor in 2009, was installed on the grounds of the Oklahoma State Capitol, in Oklahoma City, in 2012. The mere concept engendered years of political controversy, court suits based on freedom of religion issues, destruction in 2014 by a man who drove his car into it, replacement in the same location, and even attempts to remove Supreme Court justices who ruled in 2014 that the monument must be removed to another site. After Governor Mary Fallin, key legislators, and the justices agreed on a substitute site, the monument was removed from the capitol grounds in 2015. History In 2009, Oklahoma State Representative Mike Ritze sponsored a bill to have a monument to the Ten Commandments installed at the capitol. His family supplied $10,000 to fund the monument, which was installed in late 2012 after support by Oklahoma governor Mary Fallin. The monument since has been labeled "a lightning rod o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuskahoma, Oklahoma
Tuskahoma is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in northern Pushmataha County, Oklahoma, United States, four miles east of Clayton. It was the former seat of the Choctaw Nation government prior to Oklahoma statehood. The population was 102 as of the 2020 United States census. History A United States Post Office was established at ''Tushka Homma'', Indian Territory on February 27, 1885. On October 28, 1891, the spelling changed to Tushkahomma. On December 6, 1910 the official spelling changed to its present rendering, Tuskahoma. The community has also been served by post office locations at nearby Council House (1872–1880) and Lyceum (1896–1900). Council House was at the Choctaw Capitol Building and Lyceum was at the former Choctaw Female Academy. Tuskahoma is a compound word meaning 'red warrior' in the Choctaw language.Angie Debo, ''Rise and Fall of the Choctaw Republic'', pp. 158-159. The spelling was originally rendered as ''Tvshka Homma'' in an 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choctaw Capitol Building
The Choctaw Capitol Building (; also known as Tuskahoma – Choctaw Council House, or simply as Tuskahoma,) is a historic building built in 1884 that housed the government of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma from 1884 to 1907. The building is located in Pushmataha County, Oklahoma, two miles north of the community of Tuskahoma. History A United States Post Office operated here as Council House, Indian Territory from February 6, 1872, to June 30, 1880. Postal operations were later carried on at nearby Lyceum, site of the Choctaw girls’ academy, and Tuskahoma. During the days of the Indian Territory the Council House was located in Wade County, Choctaw Nation. After several decades of constitutional experimentation, during which the Choctaw Indians moved their national capital among several locations, the National Council in 1883 authorized construction of a permanent seat of government at Tushka Homma. The name means “home of the red warrior” in the Choctaw language, and its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
